I’m incredibly annoyed that my undergrad classes in the philosophy of mind have become professionally relevant but the problem with all these takes on AI consciousness is you need to *first* have a take on human consciousness.
this is an interesting point in the new ted chiang piece – no one really claims that alphafold is conscious, or that sora or midjourney or dall-e are conscious
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substance 4 · opinion · rank 149 · Evaluating AI consciousness first requires having an account of human consciousness.
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Many of us do have a take on human consciousness, though. It has to do with having, using, and updating a model of your self and how you interact with the world. Active self-modeling is the crux. And guess what? Modern AIs do that. And theyve been doing it for a while.